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X-Bomber is a freeware video game for Windows™ PCs. It is a fast, modern 2D vertical-scrolling Spaceshooter.

It is based on the 80s Japanese manga sci-fi show Star Fleet and features lots of hectic arcade action, weapons and explosions.

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[ 2012.04.30 | 16:32 | Comment ]

I recently built a new box to replace my ancient desktop; Akina.
The new one is an AMD 990FX chipset with water-cooled Phenom II X6 CPU and a 7870 graphics.

I decided to set up a sync between my FTP account for xbomber.co.uk and a directory on this new machine so that I can make changes to my files on the desktop and have them reflected automatically on the site as well.
It also means that the site is backed up automatically. So, I don't have to manually maintain a separate file structure on my local machine. I don't fully trust any webhost with safeguarding work that's as important to me as X-Bomber.

The site is undergoing the synchronisation at this moment.

Because the FtpSync software compresses data as it travels to and from the server, I should be able to expand the range of content that I can realistically upload to the site.

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M16 Boss 1 Continued

[ 2012.04.16 | 10:42 | Comment ]

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Sponsor Team Julie ...

[ 2012.04.09 | 13:24 | Comment ]

[ Dominique Crook is fundraising for Cancer Research UK. ]

... Can't think of a better cause to donate to, so if you've got money lying around - throw it in!

I put X-Bomber's advertising reserves from last month in as a donation.

If you've enjoyed the game on this site, perhaps I could encourage you to make a similar gesture.

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Some Kind Recognition

[ 2012.04.05 | 13:47 | Comment ]
Star Fleet - X-Bomber | Idealsoft Blog

The video at the end of the page really shows the first couple of levels at least up really well and they are really tame in comparison to the later ones.

It just confirms my suspicion that the Lamia/F-01 effect is way too powerful in the first missions and I already balanced this down before and it will feature as part of the next version.

It also looks like his embedded fonts aren't working right, which I hadn't reckoned on. All the fonts are showing as Arial or whatever, rather than BankGothic, which makes things a bit ugly.
I'll have to install the program on a test machine and find out what's going on there.
EDIT: I had a scratch around inside the code and found what was wrong.

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Mission 16 - Boss 1

[ 2012.03.18 | 17:07 | Comment ]

Here comes the outline of the aircraft mode for the Mission 16 Mid-Level Boss.
It will be a very large, high-speed, transforming robot, defending the interior of the Alliance Space Fortress.
It should be a challenging boss because of its size, speed and weapons but probably not as manic as the Mission 14 Final Boss.

The M16 Final Boss is a secret for the time-being.

I'm reliving a little of my childhood at the moment, watching Centurions. The cartoon was actually made before I was born but was evidently repeated on Cartoon Network when I was little.
The cartoon aged amazingly well and I had to check that it was actually made in the 80s. It looks more like a 90s cartoon to me.
The animation and the designs of the robots and vehicles, even the characters, etc. are really excellent. It certainly stands up well against Macross and Gundam from about that time. One really obvious thing is that the sound effects are lifted from Star Trek and Star Wars.
The other thing is that, especially in the early episodes, the show is fairly scientifically astute.
Apparently, the show is available on DVD but only in the US. You can't even buy it online and ship it to the UK.

Seagate did me a solid by replacing my Barracuda 11 with a 12 without me asking. Maybe they have no supply of 11s anymore, which is probably for the best.

I finally got the Master Replicas Assault Phaser replica that I ordered for my birthday. Ebay mistakenly shipped it to my old address in Scotland. I finally got it nearly a month after I ordered it to find that it has an electronics fault. So I'm trying to send it back. What else can you do?

I've also been up a lot of other dull stuff like emptying out all my clutter. I'm also looking for a decent replacement for my old desktop.

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